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Packaging and storage Patent Leaders in 2022 2022

Primary CPC class B65 · Section B

Rankings count each patent once by its primary Cooperative Patent Classification. All-time pages aggregate the full database; year pages use patent grant year.

Recent years: 2016201720182019202020212022202320242025

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1996 to 2025Bar chart with a peak of 4,377 patents in 2019.peak 4,3771996: 2,771 patents19961997: 2,692 patents1998: 3,450 patents1999: 3,610 patents19992000: 3,506 patents2001: 3,481 patents2002: 3,269 patents20022003: 3,219 patents2004: 2,743 patents2005: 2,448 patents20052006: 2,451 patents2007: 2,089 patents2008: 2,170 patents20082009: 2,224 patents2010: 2,971 patents2011: 3,063 patents20112012: 3,069 patents2013: 3,627 patents2014: 3,891 patents20142015: 3,793 patents2016: 3,733 patents2017: 3,849 patents20172018: 3,725 patents2019: 4,377 patents2020: 4,083 patents20202021: 3,808 patents2022: 3,675 patents2023: 3,444 patents20232024: 3,820 patents2025: 3,953 patents2025

Top Inventors

Rank ↑ Inventor ↕ Patents ↕ Primary Company ↕
1 Trond Austrheim 15 Autostore Technology As
2 Greg Sollie 14 Pratt Corrugated Holdings
3 Shifeng Chen 14 Pratt Corrugated Holdings
#4 Jamie Waltermire 12 Pratt Corrugated Holdings
#5 Andrew John INGRAM-TEDD 10 Ocado Innovation Limited
#6 John G. Lert, Jr. 9 Symbotic
#7 Joseph Craig Lester 9 The Procter & Gamble
#8 Joshua D. Rocholl 9 Oshkosh
#9 Luca Federici 9 G.D Societa' Per Azioni
#10 Matthew E. Zacherle 9 Westrock Packaging Systems
#11 Christopher Geyer 8 Berkshire Grey Operating Company
#12 Matthew T. Mason 8 Berkshire Grey Operating Company
#13 Roberto Francisco-Yi Lu 8 Tyco Electronics (Shanghai) Co.
#14 Rolf Mühlemann 8 Fostag Formenbau Ag
#15 Roy Joseph Seiders 8 Yeti Coolers
#16 Stephen C. Toebes 8 Symbotic
#17 Thomas Wagner 8 Berkshire Grey Operating Company
#18 Joseph Romano 7 Berkshire Grey Operating Company
#19 Lars Sverker Ture LINDBO 7 —
#20 Patrick R. Lancaster, III 7 Lantech.Com
#21 Robert Sullivan 7 —
#22 Scott William Huffer 7 Sonoco Development
#23 Stephen Bellamah 7 Altria Client Services
#24 Thomas Koletschka 7 Berkshire Grey Operating Company
#25 Tsuyoshi Furumido 7 Seiko Epson
#26 Benjamin Cohen 6 Berkshire Grey Operating Company
#27 Clinton T. Weckwerth 6 Oshkosh
#28 Daniel Smith 6 Berkshire Grey Operating Company
#29 Dietmar Gross 6 Becton Dickinson Rowa Germany Gmbh
#30 Gene Temple Price 6 Berkshire Grey Operating Company
#31 Hugh Joseph O'Donnell 6 The Procter & Gamble
#32 Ivar Fjeldheim 6 Autostore Technology As
#33 John Richard Amend, Jr. 6 Berkshire Grey Operating Company
#34 Joshua R. Cornish 6 Otter Products
#35 Kevin Ahearn 6 Berkshire Grey Operating Company
#36 Kyle Maroney 6 Berkshire Grey Operating Company
#37 Michael Dawson-Haggerty 6 Berkshire Grey Operating Company
#38 Prasanna Velagapudi 6 Berkshire Grey Operating Company
#39 Sauro Rivola 6 I.M.A. Industria Macchine Automatiche S.P.A.
#40 Siddhartha Srinivasa 6 Berkshire Grey Operating Company
#41 Skylar A. Wachter 6 Oshkosh
#42 Thomas Allen 6 Berkshire Grey Operating Company
#43 Vincent Hoover 6 Oshkosh
#44 William T. Bigbee, Jr. 6 Encore Wire
#45 William J. Fosnight 6 Brooks Automation Gmbh
#46 Zachary L. Klein 6 Oshkosh
#47 Andrew Kotloski 5 Oshkosh
#48 Bryce J. Fox 5 Signode Industrial Group
#49 Bryant G. Ragan 5 Laitram, L.L.C.
#50 Cody D. Clifton 5 Oshkosh
#51 Darius Scott 5 Intel
#52 Derek A. Wente 5 Oshkosh
#53 Edward Daniel Theiss, III 5 The Procter & Gamble
#54 Jennifer Eileen King 5 Berkshire Grey Operating Company
#55 Jonathan H. Guerdrum 5 Otter Products
#56 Joseph Valinsky 5 Opex
#57 Kenneth Stephen McGuire 5 The Procter & Gamble
#58 Kevin M. Simpkins 5 Westrock Shared Services
#59 Lvhai Hu 5 Tyco Electronics (Shanghai) Co.
#60 Marc Krüger 5 K-Fee System Gmbh
#61 Martin Schimke 5 Oshkosh
#62 Michael P. Mitchell 5 Lantech.Com
#63 R. Charles Murray 5 Penta 5 Usa
#64 Shoichi Maeda 5 Fujifilm Business Innovation
#65 Stefan Elsperger 5 Krones Ag
#66 Steve M. Gould 5 Graphic Packaging International
#67 Susana E Borrero 5 The Procter & Gamble
#68 Wallace Buege 5 Oshkosh
#69 William Hartman Fort 5 Berkshire Grey Operating Company
#70 William Scott Kalm 5 Amazon
#71 William Chu-Hyon McMahan 5 Berkshire Grey Operating Company
#72 Yaron Brunner 5 Keter Plastic
#73 Alan V. Morine 4 Otter Products
#74 Alexander Stevens 4 Opex
#75 Alberto Zaroli 4 Polytex Fibers
#76 Atsushi Nakazawa 4 Seiko Epson
#77 Balint Hiltser 4 —
#78 Benjamin Jacob Clare 4 The Procter & Gamble
#79 Brian Smalley 4 Graphic Packaging International
#80 Christopher S. Hoppe 4 Milwaukee Electric Tool
#81 David Glen Barrett 4 Createme Technologies
#82 David Paul Goodrich 4 Hexcelpack
#83 Dandan Zhang 4 Tyco Electronics (Shanghai) Co.
#84 Du Wen 4 —
#85 Elliott Downing 4 HP
#86 Filippo Ferrarini 4 Tetra Laval Holdings & Finance S.A.
#87 Flavio Finzo 4 Signode Industrial Group
#88 Gad Amit 4 Google
#89 Gary L. Berge 4 Silgan White Cap
#90 Gaëtan Painchaud 4 Nemera La Verpilliere
#91 Grant T. Squiers 4 Milwaukee Electric Tool
#92 Guus Lueb 4 —
#93 Jacobo Bazbaz 4 Polytex Fibers
#94 Jarrod W. Chalkley 4 Altria Client Services
#95 James W. Sloan 4 International Paper
#96 Jerrod Kappers 4 Oshkosh
#97 John T. Kellander 4 Oshkosh
#98 Junichi Chiba 4 Yoshino Kogyosho Co.
#99 Julian Warhurst 4 Hamilton Storage Technologies
#100 Kenneth Calvin Hyatt 4 International Paper

Top Companies

Rank ↑ Company ↕ Patents ↕
1 Canon 85
2 Unknown 45
3 Amazon 42
#4 The Procter & Gamble 40
#5 Ricoh Company 39
#6 Kyocera Document Solutions 36
#7 Seiko Epson 36
#8 HP 30
#9 Krones Ag 29
#10 Graphic Packaging International 24
#11 Signode Industrial Group 23
#12 Altria Client Services 22
#13 Sonoco Development 20
#14 Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha 19
#15 Daifuku Co. 18
#16 Tetra Laval Holdings & Finance S.A. 18
#17 Autostore Technology As 17
#18 Multivac Sepp Haggenmüller Se & Co. Kg 16
#19 Westrock Packaging Systems 16
#20 Brother Kogyo 14
#21 Illinois Tool Works 14
#22 Pratt Corrugated Holdings 14
#23 I.M.A. Industria Macchine Automatiche S.P.A. 13
#24 Yeti Coolers 13
#25 Fujifilm Business Innovation 12
#26 Laitram, L.L.C. 12
#27 Ocado Innovation Limited 12
#28 Oshkosh 11
#29 Ishida Co. 10
#30 Konica Minolta 10
#31 Lantech.Com 10
#32 Symbotic 10
#33 Westrock Shared Services 10
#34 Yoshino Kogyosho Co. 10
#35 Intel 10
#36 Bausch + Ströbel Maschinenfabrik Ilshofen Gmbh + Co. Kg 9
#37 Pfu Limited 9
#38 Sealed Air Corporation (Us) 9
#39 Societe Des Produits Nestle S.A. 9
#40 Csp Technologies 8
#41 Encore Wire 8
#42 Express Scripts Strategic Development 8
#43 General Mills 8
#44 Khs Gmbh 8
#45 Paper Converting Machine 8
#46 Philip Morris Products S.A. 8
#47 The Boeing 8
#48 Walmart Apollo 8
#49 Alert Innovation 7
#50 Berkshire Grey Operating Company 7
#51 Berry Global 7
#52 Cryovac 7
#53 Glory 7
#54 Milwaukee Electric Tool 7
#55 Opex 7
#56 Otter Products 7
#57 Packsize 7
#58 Pratt Retail Specialties 7
#59 Schoeller Allibert Gmbh 7
#60 Siemens Aktiengesellschaft 7
#61 Te Connectivity Services Gmbh 7
#62 The Heil 7
#63 Becton Dickinson Rowa Germany Gmbh 6
#64 Beijing Geekplus Technology Co. 6
#65 Chep Technology Pty Limited 6
#66 Createme Technologies 6
#67 Hkc Corporation Limited 6
#68 Interroll Holding Ag 6
#69 Joy Global Underground Mining 6
#70 Koenig & Bauer Ag 6
#71 Murata Machinery 6
#72 Packaging Corporation Of America 6
#73 Shanghai Hongyan Returnable Transit Packagings Co. 6
#74 Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha 6
#75 Sidel Participations S.A.S 6
#76 Target Brands 6
#77 Toppan Printing Co. 6
#78 Xerox 6
#79 Zuiko 6
#80 Samsung 6
#81 Toyota 6
#82 Avery Dennison 5
#83 Beijing Jingdong Qianshi Technology Co. 5
#84 British American Tobacco 5
#85 Carefusion Germany 326 Gmbh 5
#86 Dai Nippon Printing Co. 5
#87 Daio Paper 5
#88 Deutsche Post Ag 5
#89 Fabio Perini S.P.A. 5
#90 Freezio Ag 5
#91 G.D Societa' Per Azioni 5
#92 Hellermanntyton Co. 5
#93 International Paper 5
#94 Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba 5
#95 Keter Plastic 5
#96 K-Fee System Gmbh 5
#97 Kimberly-Clark Worldwide 5
#98 Liqui-Box 5
#99 Poly-America 5
#100 Pouch Pac Innovations 5